#HelloMyNameIs Steve… I’ve joined this amazing organisation as the Head of Clinical
Operations. I’m so glad to be joining you and I look forward to meeting and working
alongside with you as one team of #StJohnPeople. I must say I’m fascinated by the many
strands of what St John’s does and already feel very privileged to be joining this heritage.

A little bit about me: I’ve been a paramedic for 20 years after a career with the NHS
spanning 22 years. Originally, I trained with the London Ambulance Service before a move
to Yorkshire (YAS) where I worked as a paramedic before training as an Emergency Care
Practitioner (ECP) in Sheffield, an innovative scheme at that time (back in 2004) to deliver
urgent care that blended health professionals from paramedic and nursing backgrounds. I’ve
also clinical operational experience within GP out of hours, Walk-in centres, NHS 111 and
999 Emergency Operations Centres. I’ve a BSc (Hons) in Paramedic Science from the
University of Hertfordshire, a Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Practice (Unscheduled
Care) from Sheffield Hallam University and an MSc in Health Informatics from the University
of Sheffield. I’m a proud Fellow of the College of Paramedics and a Member of the Faculty of
Clinical Informatics. I was fortunate to be the first Stroke Project Lead for the College of
Paramedics and as a result of this workstream had the opportunity to develop the first prehospital guidelines for Stroke that were endorsed by NICE.

I join St John from NHS Digital, the national health and social care organisation that delivers
information and technology to the NHS in England – systems such as Summary Care
Records, the NHS app, nhs.net and NHS.uk – working on the NHS Pathways programme, a
system that is responsible for the clinical triage platform behind 999 and 111 triage
(approximately 20 million triages per year). I also remain working front-line clinically one day
a week for a GP practice in Sheffield as an Advanced Paramedic Practitioner and
independent prescriber (NMP). I hope to see some of you soon out on the frontline working
in greens for St John, too!

Aside from great patient care – with my recent clinical informatics background – I’ve a strong
interest in evidence based practice, using good quality clinical outcome data along with
research and evidenced based guidance to support clinically safe and effective decision
making at a patient and organisational level. This is something I hope to help promote and
develop within my role with St John.

If you see me around please do say hello. I’m keen to hear from our staff and volunteers to
see what I can do to support you in your roles and also to learn more about this organisation
from your perspective. In the meantime please feel free to e-mail me, drop me a message
via MS Teams, or indeed get in touch on social media (twitter @digitalparamed).

Stevie works in the Clinical Team as the Clinical Manager (Community Support, Training & Professional Support). Her role includes supporting clinicians of all kinds in the regions to operate safely within our assurance framework. She also advises on the clinical aspects of training, operations and community support orientated projects.

Stevie is a registered nurse and has managed the provision of care services in a variety of healthcare environments. She has been a practice nurse, a midwife and St John Ambulance trainer and NVQ assessor in the past. Stevie also has experience of pre-hospital care as an active volunteer with St John Ambulance.

Jo Eversfield

Jo, who joined St John Ambulance in August 2019, is the only non-clinical member of the team.  Her role as Clinical Project Officer involves developing and implementing new projects for the Clinical team, working closely with other departments across the organisation.

Jo previously worked in the Civil Service supporting the Defence Medical Services for many years, both in primary and secondary care.  Having recently completed an Operational First Aider course, Jo is looking forward to volunteering for the organisation in her spare time.

Rebecca Hunt

Becky joined St John Ambulance in December 2020 and is also a non-clinical team member. Her role as Clinical Project Officer involves developing and implementing new projects for the Clinical team, working closely with other departments across the organisation.

After various employments including a local NHS CCG, the Australian Victorian government, and running her own singing teaching business, Becky worked as maternity cover for Thurrock Young Carers’ Project Coordinator role. She still volunteers with this organisation and is looking forward to enrolling in the Vaccination Programme to widen her volunteering experience.

I have now held this role for two years and it has flown by! There have been many challenges and projects to get involved with; I’ve relished this and am looking forward to what is to come in 2022 and beyond!

I have been a member of St John for twelve years in total, having had a variety of roles in three different regions. I first joined as a First Aider in Shrewsbury after attending a first aid at work course. I then moved to Brighton for 12 months, becoming an Advanced First Aider.

 
Upon qualifying as a pharmacist, I relocated to North Region and have been a member of Sheffield No1, and now currently Rotherham No1 and Enzor volunteering units, for the last nine years. Previous to this role I was the Regional Pharmacist for the North.

I maintain clinical competence by working as a locum community pharmacist and Assistant to the Superintendent Pharmacist at a local small chain of community pharmacies.

James has been a member of St John Ambulance since 1997, where he joined as a badger, completing the Grand Prior Award as a cadet and subsequently joined London’s Cycle Response Unit in 2009, where he remains an adult volunteer.

He is a registered paramedic, previously working for the London Ambulance Service and most recently as a Resuscitation Practitioner in a clinical trials facility. James is also a military reservist with the Royal Air Force and is part of the Defence Medical Services instructor faculty for Battlefield Advanced Trauma Life Support, Military Pre-Hospital Emergency Care and Advanced Life Support.

Sarah joined St John Ambulance in Nov 2019. Previously working within the Events team Sarah joined the Medical and Clinical team as a non-clinical team member whilst assisting the Mass Vaccination Programme. Her role as a Clinical Coordinator involves managing clinical inboxes, coordinating Occupational Health, and supporting new projects for the Clinical team.

Whilst working as a Store Manager for Jaeger she began volunteering for Criminon UK as a distance learning tutor. She helped to deliver life skills courses to many UK prisoners which helps them to re-integrate into family life and maintain positive relationships for an effective rehabilitation. This volunteering work inspired Sarah to want to work within a charitable organisation, and so, she applied to work with SJA after nine years of working in retail.

Helen joined St John early in 2019 as the National Wellbeing Lead to help imbed what was, the new MyWellbeing service. Since she joined us, she has streamlined or resources to make them easier to navigate but, more importantly, got involved with people at all levels to help them feel good and function well. The upside of the recent pandemic was that it put wellbeing well and truly on the map and is one of our top priorities as we move forward.

Prior to her appointment with St John, Helen gained a wealth of experience from jobs within social care, charities and the NHS in roles that included HR, employee retention, customer relations and, of course, wellbeing!

Helen is a keen runner, although relatively new to the sport. She started out doing the NHS Couch to 5k and went from being a non-runner to completing the Manchester Half Marathon in 2hr 7min proving that if she can anyone can!

David was appointed as OH manager in November 2021, he is a current St John Ambulance volunteer; his most recent primary role was District HR lead in Shropshire, Staffordshire and Wolverhampton. As OH Manager David will be responsible for ensuring that St John has suitable OH arrangements in place for all St John people.

David has spent most of his career working in large private sector companies, in senior specialist HR roles, this has included the management of OH services and company medical schemes. He also served with the Regular and Reserve Armed Forces, in the Royal Marines and Airborne Forces, finishing his career with 16 Air Assault Brigade.

David was also a Registered Nurse, and he is currently completing a Return to Practice programme with Wolverhampton University; he will maintain clinical competency as a Registered Nurse at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust.

David plans to continue as a St John volunteer, mainly as Trainer/Assessor and Cycle Responder, he has also recently completed the FREC course.